Hardly a day goes by anymore when I don’t casually stop and muse, thank goodness for Ben, When I saw the title of this living on earth I flinched reflectively. More stories about beavers causing climate change. Then I read who the interview was with and everything relaxed. Say it with me now, Thank goodness for Ben.
Beavers Move Into the Arctic
The Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as much of the globe and some species are already moving toward the poles in search of new habitat. And as beavers move north into the Arctic these big rodents known as “ecosystem engineers” are bringing big changes to the landscape. Ben Goldfarb is the author of Eager: the Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter and joins Living on Earth’s Jenni Doering to discuss the concerns and benefits of beavers in the Arctic.
